Tagged: green

June 30, 2013 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Harlaw Hydro Ltd., located outside of Edinburgh, Scotland, has hit their crowdfunding goal of £313,000 to finance a hydro electric energy plant in a unique twist in community crowdfunding.  The goal was reached via community participation in just 12 weeks. Back in the Spring of… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 9:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Mark Perlmutter is organizing the 2013 Crowdfunding World Summit, a two week online event that will bring crowdfunding experts from all over the world together for a comprehensive series of interviews discussing the history, current context and future path of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding enthusiasts and interested… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is an infographic depicting some very cool energy tech – each of which was crowdfunded.  This is a great display of how crowdfunding is not only disrupting traditional funding channels but it is bringing to market some truly incredible products.  Many of these may… Read More

May 19, 2013 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Energy System Trust, a network dedicated to advocating and supporting exotic free energy systems, has launched a crowdfunding site called New Energy Funding.  Powered by white label crowdfunding platform Launcht, NEST hopes to give entrepreneurs a platform to connect their ideas with the necessary… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, an online crowdfunding platform that connects investors to high-quality solar projects, just released its largest solar project to date with $698,775 available for investment. The project is the second in the Golden State Series, a $100M series of solar investments available to residents of… Read More

April 17, 2013 @ 8:00 am By Your Industry News  |  

For decades, there have been limited ways to champion the widespread adoption of renewable energy sources. We’ve been educated on the importance of modifying our individual consumer behavior and advocating for sustainable energy policies. Now, crowdfunding offers all of us a new way to protect… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 9:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Solar project crowdfunding site Mosaic, has received approval from securities regulators to offer $100 Million worth of solar investments to residents of California. Billy Parish, Co-Founder of Mosaic said, “California has always been a leader in solar energy. We’re thrilled that now any resident of California can… Read More

April 6, 2013 @ 7:50 am By CleanTechnica  |  

Pollinate Energy — a Sydney and Bangalore-based social enterprise NGO dedicated to using renewable resources to eradicate energy poverty in India -– has joined forces with ChipIn, a new Australian website designed to raise funds for Australian non-profits, to launch a new clean energy crowdfunding campaign. The… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 11:03 am By Vermont Public Radio  |  

… Now the Kickstarter model is being copied locally in hopes of putting Vermont entrepreneurs with specific social missions together with small donors. One new Vermont crowdfunding portal is called Three Revolutions. It started a few months ago with a focus on raising donations for a variety… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 4:39 pm By GizMag  |  

After looking into the pros and cons of nine methods of electricity production (including coal, geothermal, biomass, and solar), a group of 9 and 10 year-olds from Central Park School for Children in Durham, North Carolina decided that their classroom should be powered using only… Read More

March 25, 2013 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The EcoHub, a Vermont-based online community devoted to crowdfunding eco-friendly projects and nurturing healthy relationships between people and the planet launched today. EcoHub connects individuals to create a critical mass that is collectively working to improve the environment. The goal of the EcoHub is threefold:… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 7:10 am By TheEnergyCollective  |  

Here’s a small story to warm the heart, via Clean Technica: At the start of March, a group of fourth graders from Central Park School in Durham, North Carolina — along with their teacher, Aaron Sebens — set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise $800… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Pristine Sun and Solar Mosaic, Inc have executed several agreements to close on post-construction permanent loans on the first phase of a portfolio build-out of solar PV farms in California over the next nine months.  Power from the six projects, totaling nearly 6 MW of… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 3:52 am By UKFundraising  |  

Environment and community charity Healthy Planet is launching a crowdfunding site next month for UK environmental and conservation organisations. In particular it is designed for the “less well publicised projects”. The site, Conservation Community, will let grassroots causes and organisations promote their projects to an… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

CarbonStory, currently in closed beta, will launch the beta version of its crowdfunding platform for climate change projects at SXSW in Austin, USA on March 10. The Singapore based crowdfunding portal stated, “We created CarbonStory to make a real impact towards fighting climate change”, said… Read More

February 22, 2013 @ 3:24 am By EnergyMatters  |  

Schools in the UK wanting to go solar but that are strapped for cash are able to participate in a new crowdfunding service. As was the case in Australia, UK schools were previously able to benefit from generous government incentives to install solar; but most… Read More

January 6, 2013 @ 8:26 pm By GigaOm  |  

At 9AM (PST) on Monday, the Kickstarter of solar, Solar Mosaic, will officially open up its site to residents of California and New York, as well as accredited investors, looking to make money by investing in solar panel roof projects. For months (at least since last… Read More

December 22, 2012 @ 9:33 am By Mosaic  |  

Empowering the 75% through co-ops Evan Wynns founded the San Francisco Energy Cooperative in 2011 with the 75% in mind. He began with the question of why we don’t have more green energy in the United States: “It’s frustrating because we have this technology which can take… Read More

December 20, 2012 @ 5:59 am By TriplePundit  |  

Democratic finance is a new way to invest your money that doesn’t involve trusting banks. Instead, you can make investments of as little as five pounds in renewable energy projects that power communities, and in return for investing you get a sensible amount of profit…. Read More

December 18, 2012 @ 7:53 am By CleanTechnica  |  

Last week, Senator Lois Walk re-introduced the shared renewable energy self-generation bill, SB43, which could help to advance community solar projects within California. Despite strong backing from consumer groups, environmental groups, one of the top three utilities in the state, and the Department of Defense, the… Read More